Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27

would imagine that the devil and Tom
Pain were unclaimed in Texas and actu-
ally creeping out Of hole in Navarro
county. l, on the impulse of a moment,
threw away my old bills and went to a
job Office, and hastily wrote an exciting
circular, for no other purpose but to
draw large crowds to sell my books and
to correct some of this news from Texas,
because l had learned better through
private sources.
No man living or dead ever heard me
ask for cent IL be given to drcuth suf-
ferers in TeXas. The Indian asked for g
contribution to be given him for his Gp-
pesrance and speech. l had nothing 10
do with his nickels, of which he never
gathered enough to pay his expenses. 1
was shocked when l come home and
heard what had been said about me, and
wrote Immediately TO the officials of
several counties east, wlere hal been
travelling, for them to endorse the follow
ing facts. Their answers are received:
GRADY, TEX, April q, 1851.
Mr.. Finch, Lexington, y. C..
wild reports had gotten into circulation
about how did east. II was said was there
begging for drouth sufferers in Texas.
stated that there was great drouth
in Texas. and that there were
appropriations IN ade for tnem The renumera
ton that was given was TO the Indian. Not
me. | never begged for my county, friends or
state. 1t was my business to teach and sell
my book. Can you not indorse the above
facts: Get others 10 sign them with you, If
It is not asking too much. Respectfully yours,
l. A. DODGE.
LEXINGTON, n. c., April rs. 1857.
Mr.. j. =. Dodge, Brady, Tex.
DEAR SIR; We feel safe in indorsing every
thing you have set forth in the above. The
facts stated are exactly as we understood
them. and we are really sorry that these ma
licious falsehoods and damaging reports have
crept Into circulation. Hoping that you may
De able to suppress all these reports and finally
meet with a gre.L success, we remain yours
truly,I. w Finch, express agent; III. I. Phillips,
clerk of the Superior court; p. n. Walker, chief
of police, and others.
p. 81 take pleasure in stating that Mr.,
Dodge sold several copies of his arithmetic
here, and all are pleased with the hook.
l. w. FINCH,
All my other letters which l have re-
CeiVed, and will publish if necessary,
breathe the same facts. l give the Lex
ington letter because Lexington is the
closest place l ever was in. Winston is
the place where the letter originated that
has sent out al these representations
From the reading of my bill, some people
might suppose that all West Texas was
starving and that | was begging for them,
Jul LllC HuCOGlOn 10 OOlOlV VIC NEOWlg blNl
/ set Texas right and did l beg?
How could l. II. Shamel of Winston
truthfully convey the idea that was there
in mis- town and county, ana getting lots
of money from them, when ne nor his
people never saw me. l never wGs in his
town or county. l sent some bills, but
high Welers prevented my going. All of
his malicious falsehoOds originated from
~ inc n
justice to be disgraCed by such -
IS shame indeed. Mr.. Shamel, and
some others that have fingered in this pie,
had better hunt hole snd 60 in. Some
weak minds have intimated that my bill
West Texas. Suppose l did
print on siX-inCh Eposter, $50, 900
People, or All West Texas Starving"
and posted them on the pine
Tar Heels out to see an Indian! Would
that disgrace West Texas more than for
US to nave the Governor, Legislature,
Congress and the Albany convention beg-
ging bread for us to keep US from starv-
ing? 1t is NO more disgrace to be found
starving than to be found or caught in
condition to starve. There is certainly
more honor in working for bread than
IIJ anu SJlll uuOE6 uOuOI III WOEk-
ing very hard than begging, and still
more honor in going even hungry for
bread rather than beg, and still more in
getting extremely hungry than beg, and !
still more in starving yourself nearly to
death rather than beg; and reasoning
from the same analogy the crown
ing point of sll the honor,
if there is any honor in it,
that, to rather than beg, is to 60 clear
dead. Now if we all had died rather !
than beg. we might have had a monu-
ment erected honoring our spunk, but,
we wouldn't go hungry nor get very hun
cry, nor come very near dying, nor did
we die, but preferred, shame on US, rod
eat begged bread to keep US from dying I'll
hence the erection of our many commits *
saries, the county judges holding the
Keys. o. consistency, thou aEt'5s jewel.
Pat! there is no use in trying to. stop, g
hole in the heel of your sock-sy simpigt
turning it wrong side OUT n
ia. DODGE. (